AGRICULTURE OF PENNSYLVANIA,

CONTAINING

REPORTS

OF THE

STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE,

THE

STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, THE STATE DAIRY.
MEN'S ASSOCIATION, THE STATE HORTICULTURAL

ASSOCIATION, AND THE STATE COLLEGE,

FOR 1885.

HARRISBURG:
EDWIN K. MEYERS, STATE PRINTER.

1886.

NINTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

Pennsylvania Board of Agriculture,

FOR THE YEAR 1885.

PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, 1885.

.1886

Merobers Ex-Officio.
His Excellency Governor R. E. Pattison.
Hon. J. Simpson Africa, Secretary of Internal Affairs.
Dr. E. E. Higbee, Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Hon. J. B. Niles, Auditor General.
Dr. G. W. Atherton, President of the Pennsylvania State College.
Appointed by the Goveruor.

Term expires.
Dr. John P. Edge.
.Downingtown

1886 Col. James Young. Middletown.

. 1888 Col. V. E. Piollet. Wysox

..1887 Elected by County Agricultural Societies.

Term expires. Adams I. Garretson

. Bigler.

1888 Armstrong F. K. Patterson

.Freeport

1886 Beaver... A L. McKibben,

Green Garden.

1887 Bedford .Jos. E. Noble

Waterside ...

.1886 Berks J. G. Zerr

Geiger's Mills..
Blair.
J. D. Hicks

Tyrone..

.1886 Bradford H. L. Scott .Towanda.

1886 Bucks E. Reeder

New Hope...

1887 Butler. H. M. Wise

.Harmony.

1888 Centre E. W. Hale

Bellefonte

1888 Chuster. Thos. J. Edge.

West Chester..

1887 Clarion John F. Brown.

Clarion .....

1888 Clinton Joel A. Herr

Cedar Springs.

1887 Columbia, Chandlee Eves.

Millville

1888 Crawford M. W. Oliver.

. Springboro

1886 Cumberland C. H. Mullin.

Mt. Holly Springs 1888 Dauphin G. Hiester.

.Harrisburg

1888 Delaware Elwood Harvey

Chester.

1886 Erie.. J. C. Thornton

Avonia

1886 Indiana A. D. Sutton

Indiana

1886 Jefferson Jas. McCracken, Jr. Frostburg

1887 Juniata . . Prof. D. Wilson.

Port Royal

.1888 Lackawanna H. H. Colvin..

Dalton.

.1888 Lancaster H. M. Engle

Marietta.

1886 Lawrence D. H. Wallace. .New Castle

1885 Lebanon C. H. Lantz ....

Lebanon

1885 Lebigh J. P. Barnes

Allentown

1887 Luzerne John B. Smith

Kingston...

1888 Lycoming D. H. Foresman

Williamsport

1888 Mercer Robert McKee..

Mercer

1887 Montour. M. D. L. Secbler.

Danville.

1886 Northampton Asher D. Shimer

Bethlehem

1885 Northumberland W. O. Packer

.Sunbury..

1888 Somerset C. C. Musselman

Somerset

1885 Schuylkill. .J. S. Keller....

Orwigsburg

1887

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Vice Presidents.
C. C. Musselman,
D. H. Foresman,

J. P. Barnes.

Executive Committee.
His Exc'y R. E. Pattison, N. F. Underwood,

G. Hiester,
M. C. Beebe,
J. A. Herr,

Dr. J. P. Edge,
D. Wilson,
E. Reeder,

T. J. Edge, (ex-officio.)

Advisory Committee.
Dr. J. P. Edge,
D. Wilson,

G. Hiester,
Thomas J. Edge, (ex-officio.)

Secretary.
Thomas J. Edge, Harrisburg.

Botanist.
Thomas Meehan, Germantown.

Pomologist.
E. Satterthwait, Jenkintown.

Chemist.
Prof. W. H. Jordan, State College.
§ Dr. F. A. Genth, University of Pennsylvania.

Consulting Veterinary Surgeon.
Prof. R. Shippen Huidekoper, University of Pennsylvania.

Veterinary Surgeon.
Dr. F. Bridge, West Philadelphia.

Entomologist.
Prof. W. A. Buckhout, State College.
Microscopists, Hygeinists and Food Inspectors.

Dr. Henry Leffman. Philadelphia.
Prof. C. B. Cochran, West Chester.

Ornithologist.
B. Harry Warren, West Chester.

Meteorologist.
J. L. Heacock, Quakertown.

Fish Culturist.
Capt. M. P. Peirce, Philadelphia.

Mineralogist.
Prof. F. A. Genth, University of Pennsylvania.

Geologist.
Prof. J. P. Lesley, State Geological Survey,

Stenographer.
Col. H. C. Demming. Harrisburg.

* Dieu July 29, 188.
| Elected October 1, 1885.

Resigned June 10, 1886. $ Elected June 20, 1886.